Issue 273

FDA approved a real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system

FDA approved a real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system (Guardian RT, made by Medtronic, Inc.) for the management of types 1 and 2 diabetes in patients aged 18 years and older.

What Type of Diabetes Do You Have? (pdf)

While thumbing through a new book on the plane to Washington, I found the perfect tool. Ian Blumer, MD, the author of Diabetes for Canadians for Dummies has a great description of What Type of Diabetes Do You Have?. If you only have a minute to ...

Test Your Knowledge Issue 273

Which of the following can precipitate hypoglycemia?  

Building Business Profits: The Roadmap Strategy: Issue 7

Business is business and many times we forget that we need to stay focused on our financial goals when we are involved with patient care. Steve Pohlit, CPA, MBA, reminds us how to get back on track in his continuing roadmap series. This week he asks...

Diabetic Retinopathy Without Diabetes?

This week Paul Chous, M.A., O.D., reflects on some data from the DPP, showing how pre-diabetes patients can develop Retinopathy. Paul, who has had type one diabetes for 38 years specializes in Diabetes Eye Care and has crafted a great explanation in...

Research Brings the Artificial Pancreas One Step Closer

New Artificial Pancreas invented that can measure glucose and inject insulin.

New Diabetes Gene Discovered

Scientists have discovered a gene that plays a role in the most common type of type 2 diabetes, and they say the discovery could pave the way to a targeted treatment.

Diabetics May Have Dysfunctional Platelets

Study provide further evidence of increased platelet aggregation and activation in type 2 diabetics compared with nondiabetics, even in the presence of dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel.

ACE Inhibitor Therapy Cardioprotective in Diabetics With Coronary Disease

In diabetic patients with coronary disease, treatment with perindopril, an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), helps protect against major cardiovascular events.

Hyperinsulinemia May Increase Alzheimer's Disease Risk

Moderately high insulin levels are associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers and beta-amyloid in cerebrospinal fluid, suggesting a causal link between hyperinsulinemia and Alzheimer's disease.

Oral Contraceptives May Be Diabetic Nephropathy Risk Factor

18% of oral contraceptive users developed macroalbuminuria compared with 2% of nonusers.

Nomogram Evaluating Exercise Capacity Can Predict Survival in Women

Exercise capacity is an independent predictor of mortality in women, results from a study of 5,721 asymptomatic women.

Diabetes Can Complicate Untreated Depression in Pregnancy

Women with diabetes and untreated depression who become pregnant face a host of risks to themselves and their fetus if their conditions are not managed properly.

Folate Protects Against Stroke Independently of Homocysteine Levels

Folate may offer extra protection against stroke, on top of reducing levels of an amino acid related to the incident.

Obesity Fueling a New Hybrid Diabetes: Double Diabetes or Type 1 & 1/2

Dubbed "double diabetes" by some and "diabetes one-and-a-half" by others, the combination of types 1 and 2 diabetes symptoms confounds doctors attempting to

Cause of Diabetes-Related Erectile Dysfunction Is Found

New study suggests an oversupply of a simple blood sugar could be a major cause of erectile dysfunction in diabetic men.

Exercise Cuts Risk of Stroke 26%

High levels of leisure-time physical activity -- such as swimming, running or heavy gardening -- can cut your stroke risk.

Salt Restriction Improves Blood Pressure and Proteinuria in Blacks

Modest reductions in dietary salt improve blood pressure and proteinuria in black patients with hypertension.

Losartan Reduces Blood Pressure and Albuminuria in Hypertensive Type 2 Diabetics

The angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) losartan reduces blood pressure and urinary albumin excretion in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes.

Fat Thighs Benefits Health

For many people, mainly women, fat on legs, hips, and buttocks may actually help ward off heart disease and diabetes.